Kashmir Through Old Photographs

A collection of old photographs showing everyday scenes across Kashmir from the 1860s to the 1980s. The pictures include the Baba Reshi Shrine in Gulmarg from the early 1900s with its traditional architecture; Fateh Kadal wooden bridge over the River Jhelum in Srinagar; tourists on a houseboat at Dal Lake; a bridge over the Mar Canal in Srinagar from the 1920s; the River Jhelum viewed from the Third Bridge in the 1860s–1880s with early riverside settlements; travelers and porters on a mountain route during the British Raj era; a trek route in September 1945 with cattle and early motor transport; a postcard portrait of a Kashmiri woman in traditional dress; and riverside life in Srinagar during the 1980s with people along stone embankments below wooden houses. Simple views of old Kashmir. This rare early 20th-century sepia-toned photograph captures the serene Baba Reshi Shrine (Ziarat of Baba Payam-ud-Din Reshi) near Gulmarg in Kashmir—a revered Sufi mausoleum renowned for its exquis...